1. Management of esophageal varices in the western world —The state of the art—

   • Sergio Stipa
   • Vincenzo Ziparo
   • Genoveffa Balducci

   Review Article Pages: 131 - 142

2. Carcinoma at the esophago-gastric junction —Its biological behaviour toward the squamous epithelium—

   • Yoshikazu Noguchi
   • Toshio Imada
   • Akihiko Matsumoto

   Original Articles Pages: 143 - 152

3. Clinico-histochemical studies on type 4 carcinoma of the stomach—With special reference to mucopolysaccharides and sialic acid in tumor tissue

   • Michio Sowa
   • Yasuyuki Kato
   • Kaoru Umeyama

   Original Articles Pages: 153 - 162

4. The successful outcome of second kidney transplantation and its contributing factors

   • Tadaki Yasumura
   • Yoshihiro Ohmori
   • Takahiro Oka

   Original Articles Pages: 163 - 170

5. The management of extensive corrosive esophageal strictures: Do not dilate and procrastinate

   • TK Chattopadhyay
   • VK Kapoor
   • S Gupta

   Original Articles Pages: 171 - 176

6. The uptake of anticancer drugs by tumor tissues and lymph node and the effectiveness of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy on survival time

   • Sumitaka Arima
   • Kitaro Futami
   • Hidehiko Shimura

   Original Articles Pages: 177 - 181

7. Bypass operation for advanced esophageal cancer —An analysis of 93 cases—

   • Toshihiro Hirai
   • Yoshinori Yamashita
   • Takao Hattori

   Original Articles Pages: 182 - 188

8. Estrogen and progesterone receptors in gallbladder cancer

   • Satoshi Nakamura
   • Hiroyuki Muro
   • Shouhachi Suzuki

   Original Articles Pages: 189 - 194

9. Detection of androgen receptors in human esophageal cancer

   • Yoshinori Yamashita
   • Toshihiro Hirai
   • Takao Hattori

   Original Articles Pages: 195 - 202

10. Thermotolerance of xenografted human gastric cancer

    • Shigeru Fujimoto
    • Masayasu Ohta
    • Katsuji Okui

    Original Articles Pages: 203 - 207

11. The beneficial effect of superoxide dismutase on the rat liver graft

    • Tetsuaki Mizuta
    • Akira Saito
    • Yasuhiko Morioka

    Original Articles Pages: 208 - 212

12. Perforated appendicitis in an incarcerated scrotal hernia —A case report—

    • Atila Korkmaz

    Case Reports Pages: 213 - 215

13. Giant cavernous hemangioma of the liver and multiple primary malignant tumors in a patient with suspected familial inhibition of natural killer cell activity —A case report—

    • Takemi Tomiyama
    • Katsuyuki Uchida
    • Tadao Aoki

    Case Reports Pages: 216 - 222

14. Cyclosporine-associated microangiopathic hemolytic anemia in a renal transplant recipient

    • Norio Yoshimura
    • Takahiro Oka
    • Chol Joo Lee

    Case Reports Pages: 223 - 228

15. Presacral neurilemoma (schwannoma) —Report of a rare case—

    • Sanjay Gupta
    • Sadiq S. Sikora
    • Tushar K. Chattopadhyay

    Case Reports Pages: 229 - 231

16. Technical modification of aortic valve replacement in aortitis syndrome —Report of a case—

    • Yutaka Kotsuka
    • Osamu Tanaka
    • Akie Yoshiwara

    Case Reports Pages: 232 - 236

17. Clear cell carcinoma of the thyroid. A case report

    • Akihiko Koike
    • Takayoshi Naruse
    • Yuro Takahashi

    Case Reports Pages: 237 - 240

18. A case of a postoperative aneurysm of the common hepatic artery which ruptured into the remnant stomach after a radical gastrectomy

    • Hiroshi Satoh
    • Takashi Morisaki
    • Hideki Kishikawa

    Case Reports Pages: 241 - 245

19. Lung allografts with and without omentopexy in canines —Bronchofiberscopic and histologic observation of bronchial anastomosis healing—

    • Takayuki Shirakusa
    • Ryuzo Motonaga

    Short Communication Pages: 246 - 250

20. Self washout method for defecational complaints following low anterior rectal resection

    • Takeo Iwama
    • Mahito Imajo
    • Yoshio Mishima

    How to Do It Pages: 251 - 253